Interesting…and when you take this in conjunction with Clare Asquith’s book Shadowplay which argues that all of Shakespeare’s plays are arguing for religious liberty it means that Shakespeare just loved liberty all around.

Uncertainty over the likely future success of his plays led William Shakespeare to do “all he could to avoid taxes,” new research by scholars at Aberystwyth University has claimed. The collaborative paper: “Reading with the Grain: Sustainability and the Literary Imagination,”…alleges that, in his “other” life as a major landowner, Shakespeare avoided paying his taxes, illegally hoarded food and sidelined in money lending. …According to Dr Jayne…